Legal Opinion

Parker v. State

District Court of Appeal of Florida

Decided May 2, 2014No. 2D12-3697PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SLEET, Judge.

Thomas Parker appeals his judgment and sentence for aggravated stalking. He raises two issues on appeal, the first of which we affirm without further comment. As for the second issue, Parker argues that the trial court committed reversible error by failing to conduct a Faretta1 inquiry before sentencing him. Because the trial court failed to renew the offer of counsel before sentencing Parker, we vacate the sentence and remand for resen-tencing.

Nearly a month before trial, Parker opted to waive his right to counsel and elected to represent himself. At that time, the trial court…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Ingraham v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2010
  3. Serrano v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2012

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Bergeron v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2016
  2. Pugh v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2015
  3. STEVEN ELLIOTT MURRAY v. STATE OF FLORIDADistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 2019

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